Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1916 — Mutual Gingerbread Pie. [ARTICLE]

Mutual Gingerbread Pie.

Line a deep plate with rich pie crust. Stir together half a cupful of molasses, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of lard and one teaspoonful of ginger, then add a cupful of boiling water with one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in it. Stir in one and one-quarter cupfuls of flour and heat well with eggbeater; then break into the mixture one egg and beat thoroughly. Pour iqto crust and bake until a toothpick thrust into the center of cake comes out«teafl.When cold, spread top thickly with whipped cream, sweetened and flavored if desired.